A/N: Alright folks, another update. As stated before, or maybe that was in a PM, Betty will NOT be together with Ron. Anyways, there is only one more chapter after this one! Then, I'll be starting a new story or two, and yes, both will be RonGo. So, keep reading and reviewing, and I'll keep writing.
Oh, and did you notice the change in pen name? I'm still the same guy I was before, just with a slightly less weenie-ish name. Catch ya on the flip side!
It had been a little over a year since Ron had accepted the contract position as a handler and a cook, and he was having a great time.
He had spent every day of the last year doing what he loved, and being with the woman that he loved.
The morning after they had made love for the first time, Ron had heard Shego talking in her sleep. He managed to catch "I love you Ron" out of the conversation, and as soon as she woke up, he fully reciprocated the statement.
Business at The Lair was booming still. They had expanded by adding a balcony so that people could eat in the fresh air and look at the spectacular view.
It was on this balcony that Ron had a surprise planned. Everyone who was working, from Drakken to Betty to the kitchen staff and waiters, were fully aware of what was going to happen tonight.
The only unaware people happened to be the patrons that would be dining, and Shego.
Ron had taken the night off from the kitchen, mostly because Drakken was forcing him to take his vacation time so that the government wouldn't be on their asses, but it worked out very well.
He had bought an engagement ring a few days back, and spent the days before that, planning how the night would go.
Because they had been expanding, they also decided to invest in a little bit of higher class entertainment in the form of a classical piano player, who stayed in the main dining room and played mostly slow, relaxing pieces that sound proper to eat to.
Both Betty and Drakken thought the proposal was cute. They did think that the two made a good looking couple, and as unsuspecting as it was, about a month ago, Drakken and Betty started to date, which surprised the hell out of both Ron and Shego.
Colonel Barkin made weekly reports to Betty on the situation at Global Justice HQ, none of them involving any mention of Kim, which Ron found odd because it wasn't like her to just fall off the face of the earth.
Ron also had no further run ins with Bonnie, which he thanked Barkin for.
Tonight, Ron had dressed conservatively in a grey three piece suit, with a white shirt, a green tie, grey shoes, and, of course, the gold pocket watch that had been gifted to him by the woman he was smitten by. He was leaning with his back on the safety railing, watching the entrance to the area for any sign of Shego.
A wide grin erupted on his face as he saw her walk onto the balcony. She looked stunning, as usual.
Shego had shed her jumpsuit, and was in a forest green dress, black gloves, black heels, and the necklace with the emerald in the middle that Ron had given her a little over a year ago.
He walked over and kissed her gloved hand softly.
"You look fantastic" he said as he took her arm and led her to a table with one of the best views.
"You look rather sharp yourself" she replied, as Ron pulled her chair out of her.
"Well thanks" Ron said as he pushed the chair in and walked around to his seat and sat down.
"So, what's the occasion?" Shego asked as she glanced at the view.
"Occasion? Why would this be something special? Can't I just take the most gorgeous woman I know on a date?" Ron asked.
"Well, whenever we have a date here, we usually eat in the dining room because you like the 'atmosphere'" she replied using air quotes.
"I decided to switch it up" he said, leaning forward a little bit and putting his hand in his pocket. "Sheila, I have a question for you."
"Shoot" she quickly said.
"Sheila will you-"
A loud crash from the kitchen interrupted Ron midsentence.
"Sheila will you please excuse me?" Ron said, as he got up and quickly walked to the kitchen.
"What the hell is going on in here?" he said as he pulled the door open and ducked a bright laser beam.
One of the cooks pulled him to the floor.
"She came inside, drunk as all hell, demanding to talk to you, but we wouldn't tell her about...the plan. So she pulled out this tube of lipstick, and a laser shoots out of it. She's singlehandedly destroying the kitchen" she said, very panicked.
"Okay" Ron replied, reassuring her "Take the rest of the staff and get out. I'm going to deal with...with this."
Once all the staff were out, Ron took a deep breath and stood up.
"Kim. Put the laser away" he calmly said.
"Huh? Oh, hey Ro-Ro. Wanna drink? My cuz Larry told me I already had wayyy too much, but I'mma prove him wroooong" Kim said, slurring both her speech and movement.
"Ro-Ro? What the hell kind of name is Ro-Ro?" he thought. "Well, I need to agree with your cousin Larry then, even though he is a massive weenie" he said. "Anyways Kim, what brings you here?" he asked once she managed to shut the laser off.
"The bar down the road chucked me out, sos I came up here to see if you got any booze" she said, stepping towards him.
"Uh...Nope. None whatsoever" he said.
"Ron, I can tell when you're lyin" Kim said before stepping right into his face "And you're lyin right now."
Ron had to fight not to pass out from the heavy stench of alcohol on her breath. He stepped back a few steps to get some fresh air in his lungs.
"What's wrong Ron? Don't you find me...attractive anymore?" Kim asked.
"I'm already in a relationship, so I'd prefer not to open that powder keg" he said, looking around for the button that would call security into the kitchen.
Spying it on the opposite wall, he slowly began to move towards it. Avoiding all eye contact with Kim.
"Oh yeah...right...You an Shego are in a relationship now...What's it been...two weeks?" Kim asked.
"Actually a little over a year" Ron quietly said as he continued to make his way to the button.
"A year? Woah, she must be great in bed then" Kim said, grabbing onto the counter for stability.
"Our sex life is a private matter" Ron calmly said as he reached for the button and pressed it.
For a few seconds nothing happened, until four rather large men dressed in black, who worked for GJ crashed through the door to Betty's office.
"Relieve her of everything. Anything she's carrying could be a gadget. After you do that, hand her off to the authorities to spend the night in the drunk tank" Ron ordered.
"Yes Captain" they chorused as they started to rifle through her pockets.
"Hey...you can't do this to me. What, OW! What are you *yawn* doin?" Kim managed to say before the sedative began to take effect.
"Thanks for that Morris. I've already got a headache and fried nerves. This wasn't what I needed to deal with tonight." Ron said, rubbing his forehead.
"No problem Sir. Good luck tonight" the man called Morris said before slinging Kim over his shoulder and taking her towards the security cells.
"I need the luck" Ron thought as he walked back out onto the balcony.
"What was all that about?" Shego asked, taking a drink of water.
"Oh, nothing much. Just some person drunk, wandering around the kitchen" Ron said as he sat back down.
"Staff member?"
"No, just some person. Found their way in and made a mess" Ron lied as their salad was served. He didn't feel like telling Shego, Kim's arch enemy, that she was drunk and working on burning the kitchen down. That would just give her ammunition the next time the two met. "Whenever that would be" Ron thought as he picked up his fork.
They continued making small talk through the appetizer, as Ron worked on rebuilding his confidence to pop the question.
Just as he was about to begin for a second time, he was interrupted by a female voice squealing "RON!"
He practically jumped out of his seat and dropped his fork, but Ron managed to keep it together.
Slowly turning around, he saw a grinning Bonnie standing right behind him.
"Shit shit shit" he thought "Uh, hey Bonnie, you're kinda interrupting something here" Ron managed to say before she grabbed him in a death hug. "Shit shit shit."
"Ron, want to introduce me to your...friend" Shego mused with a small frown on her face.
"Uh, Sheila, this is Bonnie, someone I went to school with. Waaaay back. Haven't had any contact for years. I'll tell you later" Ron said once he was released.
"And who is this Ron?" Bonnie asked with evident distaste in her voice.
"Bonnie, this is Sheila. My girlfriend" Ron said. "Alright, now that introductions are out of the way, Bonnie, you should go and eat. And leave us to do the same."
"But Roooon" Bonnie whined "I want to catch up with you."
"Bonnie, I'm kind of in the middle of a very important date. If you want to catch up with me, take a business card from inside and call my number" Ron said, trying, with success to not clench his teeth at the woman who was currently infuriating him to no end.
"Fiiiiiine" she said with a sigh and walked off.
"Finally, some peace and quiet" Ron thought with a large sigh.
"So, important date?" Shego mused with a small smile "What's so important about it?"
"Should I wait? There may be another interruption. HELL NO! Let's do this now!" The words of one of his older friends, Alex Colburn, rang through his head.
"As long as you got the girl and the ring, it doesn't matter where you propose. Hell, I popped the question to my girlfriend in a Buffalo bus station right before I shipped out, and she said yes. All you gotta do is man up, and do it!"
"Sheila, we've been together for a long time, and we both know how we feel about each other, so-"
Ron paused to pull out the ring box, get out of his chair, and drop down on one knee.
"Sheila Go, will you marry me?"
He flipped the lid of the box up to reveal a modest diamond engagement ring.
Several other tables had noticed this, and while the men who were there only had small smiles of approval on their faces, the women however, were reacting much more visibly. They had hands over their mouths or their hearts, a certain look in their eyes as well as a few tears.
So Ron sat there, totally exposed, his very person hinged on the next few words that would be spoken by the woman directly in front of him.
Shego was taken aback. She had known that something was up and she had a hunch that it was a proposal, but she didn't know where or when it was going to take effect, and a dinner date after work certainly wasn't a place, even though she should've expected it.
By now, all the tables had caught on, and all eyes were on the two people. Betty and Drew could be seen peaking around the entrance way, both with camera's out, one recording video, the other, to take static pictures.
Shego took a deep breath and said the only thing that came to mind.
"Yes."
"Yes?" Ron asked tentatively.
"Yes" she replied, lunging at him and capturing his lips in a heated kiss.
They broke to the uproarious cheers from the surrounding tables. Ron took the ring out of the box and slipped it on her finger, earning him another fiery kiss from his now fiancée.
Dinner went smoothly, with both parties all smiles, and then of course came the congratulatory back slaps and handshakes for Ron from the male staff, and all the female staff fawning over the ring that he had got Shego.
"You know" Ron started as they got in his Mercedes to drive to his house, where Shego had moved in a few months ago, "I wasn't nearly as nervous tonight as I was when I met your parents."
This earned a musical laugh from Shego as they pulled out of the lot and toward the freeway.
"My parents aren't scary!" she said as he took the ramp towards Middleton.
Most nights, they spent in Shego's old room, because the hour long commute from the Mountain all the way back to the city could be a pain, especially after a long day at work, but they were beginning to make a habit of getting to Middleton a little more often.
"Put yourself in my position" Ron laughed "Only daughter's boyfriend? God, your dad stared at me for a solid five minutes. I thought he was going to rip my head off."
"Nah, my parent's liked you. Can't really tell you what my brothers think cause I don't give two shits about their opinions" Shego huffed as she settled in for the long ride home.
"I know, I know" Ron assured, setting the cruise control and relaxing.
"And we got to spend the weekend at their place, which was nice" Shego continued, looking out the window at the passing scenery.
"I will admit, your parents have a great ranch" Ron said, nodding in agreement.
They had spent most of the week on horseback, exploring trails and just generally lowering their overall stress levels.
"Yeah" she replied, looking at him "But now, our chapter starts."
Ron chuckled "Another chapter in our lives has finished, and a new one is being written right now."
The ride home was a comfortable silence, and Drakken had graciously allowed both of them the weekend off to celebrate their engagement. Again, it was to try to get rid of vacation time, but he didn't let on that it was the true reason.
"So, we've got the entire weekend off. What should we do?" Ron asked as they pulled into the garage and turned off the engine.
"I have a few ideas" Shego said with a sultry smirk after getting out.
"Well I'd love to see what they are" Ron said, locking the doors.
"Just meet me in the bedroom, in five minutes, with some of that homemade chocolate sauce and whipped cream" she whispered before kissing his cheek and walking through the door, adding some extra sway to her hips.
Of course, Ron's eyes followed her hips until they disappeared around the corner. "This is gonna be a great night" he thought as he walked to the kitchen.
Ron woke up the next morning slightly sticky and couldn't remember what happened. All he knew, was that there was some pain in his pelvic region.
"You're up. Finally" Shego said, rolling onto him, which he returned with a small grimace.
"Oh right...the chocolate sauce and whipped cream. That explains the slight stickiness, even though she did give me a thorough cleaning, as I did with her, but why the pain?" Ron thought, before Shego decided to read his mind.
"Didn't I tell you last night that I would ride you so hard you would feel like you had a broken pelvis? That's where the pain is from" she said before lightly kissing his nose.
"Since when did you read minds?" Ron asked, putting his arms around her.
"I didn't" she laughed "Just when I rolled on top of you, I saw a wince in pain."
"Yeah well, if I can remember enough of last night, I'm sure it'll be some great memories" Ron said as he shifted her off and got out of bed.
"Now, I'm gonna grab a shower, and then make breakfast" Ron said gathering his robe off the hook and walking out to the bathroom.
One quick shower and shave later, Ron was dressed in a red t-shirt and a pair of faded blue jeans, keeping himself busy with making french toast for him and his fiancée.
" Fiancée. Some fantastic word that I get to use practically every day now. But, of course, I'll need a best man. I wonder if Felix is available-"
Ron was cut off from his musings by a pair of long, slender arms snaking around his waist and lips being pressed to the back of his neck.
"I should've known you wouldn't settle for breakfast in bed" Ron mused without turning around.
"I settle for nothing but the best Captain" Shego replied with a smirk.
"Ugh, don't call me that. Only the weenies with GJ call me that, and I'm not really a fan" Ron grumbled as he finished cooking and put the food on plates.
"Fine" she sighed. "So, what's on the day plan?"
"Oh come on" Ron said, placing his fork down momentarily to wipe his mouth "You always ask me. What would you like to do today?"
"Hmmm...maybe grab a movie?" Shego asked.
"Alright then. We'll go to the theater in an hour. Let me just see what they're showing" Ron replied, grabbing the newspaper from the counter and leafing through to the movie listings.
"Animated or not?" Ron asked.
"Doesn't matter" Shego replied, finishing her breakfast.
"Action? Horror? Romance?" Ron asked again.
"Preferably action" she said, putting their plates in the sink.
"Okay then. We have it down to three then" he said, pausing to list them on his fingers. "District 9, Zombieland, or Inglourious Basterds."
"Rundown of plots?" Shego asked.
"Zombieland is zombies, District 9 is aliens, and Inglourious Basterds is killing Nazis" Ron said, looking at times.
"Hmmm...Well, haven't seen any Nazis get their heads kicked in for awhile, so let's go for that one" she said.
"Good choice. Okay, the next showing is at...11:45am, so we've got an hour and a half. What can we do for that long?" Ron asked, putting the paper down and thoughtfully tapping his chin.
"Nu-uh lover boy. You already took a shower" Shego playfully said.
"Then I'll take another" Ron replied, grabbing her and pushing her onto the counter.
"I love when you take the lead" Shego said huskily.
"So do I" Ron whispered as he licked her earlobe and removed her pants.
Roughly an hour later, with both people de-stressed and refreshed with another shower, they were cruising towards the Middleton Movie Theater to catch the next showing of Inglourious Basterds.
"Alright, so I'll grab the tickets and seats, you grab the snacks?" Ron asked when they went through the doors.
"Works for me, as long as you pick seats closer to the back" Shego said giving him a peck on the cheek and walking towards the snack counter.
Ten minutes later, they were sitting in the back of a mostly empty theater munching on popcorn and watching the previews.
Throughout the movie, Ron kept his arm around Shego's shoulders and in response, she kept her hand on his thigh, giving it a small squeeze every so often.
Both of them enjoyed the movie. They had spent most of it laughing, especially at the ending.
Ron and Shego departed the theater, shielding their eyes from the harsh sunlight that they had been deprived of while they were inside.
"Wanna grab some lunch?" Ron asked as he opened the doors to his Mercedes.
"Sure. I picked the movie, so you pick where we eat" Shego replied, settling into the car and doing up her seatbelt.
"Bueno Nacho here we come!" Ron said, pulling out of the lot and driving away.
A few moments later, Ron found a parking space close to his all time favorite restaurant.
"After you, madam" Ron said, holding open Shego's door and offering his hand.
"Such a gentleman" she retorted.
"You know you love my chivalry" Ron said, grinning as he closed the door and locked the car.
"What can I say? I like a guy who has class" Shego replied, ruffling his hair.
This earned a chuckle from Ron as they made their way to the doors leading inside.
Behind the counter they saw a familiar face...well...familiar to Ron.
"Ned? What are you still doing working here...It's been like...four years since graduation" Ron said in surprise.
"Yeah, I know" Ned said, looking down at the counter "But it seems as though nobody is hiring."
"Ned, I have a feeling that things will look up for you. Maybe not immediately, but I have a good feeling that in a couple years, you'll be at a classy place" Ron said before ordering. "Can I get two grande naco meals with a large Pepsi. And for you?"
"I'll just have a grande naco order with a large Sprite" Shego said.
"Ron, way not to introduce me to your friend" Ned said with mock hurt.
"Oh, sorry Ned. This is Sheila, my fiancée" Ron said.
"She looks awfully familiar" Ned replied, putting ice in their cups and filling them at the soda fountain.
"Probably because you know her better as Shego" Ron said, with a grin.
"No way" Ned thought. "You're marrying Shego?"
"Yeah. Her and Drakken are getting out of the evil game, and even if she wasn't, we'd still be together" Ron said, grabbing the tray with the food and drinks and making for one of the booths.
"Pleasure meeting you" Shego called slightly sarcastically as she followed Ron.
"Damn. First Kim and now Shego? I need to learn how he does it" Ned thought as he started to wipe down the counter.
"Did you really just offer him a job when we move out to San Francisco?" Shego asked with incredulity as she sat across from Ron.
"You should see how he works his subordinates. It's like a drill sergeant" Ron replied. "He could be fairly useful in the long run."
Shego decided to concede this round, something that she usually never did, but decided to because she was hungry.
They continued to make idle chatter through their meal, mostly talking about which car would be sold next.
In the past year, Ron had dropped his collection down to 19 cars and motorcycles, and was planning to get rid of more.
The only things that he was actually planning on keeping were the Lincoln Continental, Cadillac Eldorado, his Mercedes, and a couple bikes for more...relaxing times.
They finished their meal and Ron was just about to get up when the door to Bueno Nacho opened and a familiar enemy walked in.
"Oh hell no" Ron swore under his breath as he shot a death glare at the person approaching the counter.
"Ronnie? What is it?" Shego asked, breaking his concentration and bringing him back to the real world.
"Huh? What?" Ron asked, shaking his head a few times. "Oh, sorry. Just zoned out there for a minute."
"Riiiight" Shego replied sarcastically. "And you totally weren't giving the guy there the stink eye."
The person in question was walking towards them with a large grin on their face carrying the tray of food to another booth, but stopped at theirs.
"Hey Ron!" the person said, seemingly chipper.
"Josh" Ron replied coldly.
"Oh come on man, you're not still mad at what happened all those years ago" Josh said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Actually-" Ron started before thinking for a second "Actually, I was just going to call you to thank you for doing what you did."
"Thank me?" Josh's face went from a victorious smirk to a slate of disbelief "Why would you thank me?"
"Because" Ron replied, factually "If you hadn't been boning Kim all that time, it would've taken a lot longer to get together with my current partner."
"Woah woah, hold on a minute" Shego interjected "Ron, you mean to say this is the artsy fartsy asshole who you found screwing Kim on your three month?"
"Josh Mankey, at your service" he replied, bowing as if it was some sort of accomplishment "And who might you be?"
"Sheila Go" she spat back, "Or you may know me better as Shego, but, that'll soon change to Sheila Stoppable."
"Sheila Stoppable. Has a nice ring when she says it" Ron thought as he continued to watch the heated exchange.
"Hold it, hold it. You're trying to tell me, that this guy" he said pointing at Ron "Loser of Middleton High, managed to get together with a super hot and very dangerous international criminal, and is marrying her?"
Josh paused for a second before he broke out in heavy laughter "Oh that's a good one. Tell me Ron, how much did you pay this actress to do this for you? Man, you're pretty pathetic to be stooping to this level."
His good times were soon cut short by a shot of plasma whipping past his face and scorching the counter.
"Hey! No hurling plasma in the restaurant! I just cleaned that counter too!" Ned shouted, shaking his fist.
"Any other questions?" Shego asked in a sweet voice with malice in her eyes. Josh quickly shook his head. "Good, now, if you ever call my fiancée a loser again, or show your ugly frosted tips anywhere near me, I'll burn off something you'd rather not live without."
This caused Josh to drop his tray on the floor, earning a groan from Ned who grabbed the mop, and running out the doors of the restaurant, much to the amusement of Ron and Shego.
"My woman, the one with the fiery temper and hands" Ron said, before bursting out into another fit of laughter.
When they controlled themselves and composed themselves, Ron paid Ned for the damage that the plasma had caused to the counter and walked, hand in hand, out to satisfy some desires that they both had.
